Improvement in insect-net frames



H. STOLTZ.

Improvement in Insect-Net. Frames.

Patented Aug. 6,1872...

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY STOLTZ, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA ASSIGNOR TO EVANSVILLE FUR- NITURECOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE,

IMPROVEMENT IN INSECT-NET FRAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,163, (la ted August6, 1872.

Specification describin g a- Fastening Device for Mosquito-Net Frames,invented by HENRY STOLTZ, Vanderburg county, State of Indiana.

Fastening Device for Mosquito-NetFrames.

' The object of my invention is aneconomical and readily-disconnectedfastening for the uprights and cross-pieces of a mosquito-net frame forbedsteads, such as illustrated in the perspeotiye "iew, Figure 1; and Iattain this object by the use of a simple spring strip or wire, A, (Fig.2,) driven into or otherwise secured to the upright B at one end, andhaving at its opposite free end a hook, a, which overlaps and retains,upon a shoulder-and projection, b, of the said upright the eyes d, withwhich each of the cross-pieces O of the frame is provided.

In disconnecting the cross-pieces the spring A is pushed back into arecess, f,, of-.fthe upright, in order to withdraw its overlapping hookat from the eyes (I, the latter being then simply lifted from theprojection b; and the said cross-pieces can be as readily connected tothe upright on simply pushing back the spring and then releasing thesame. The spring is retained within the recess f 0f the upright, whenthe cross-pieces of the frame are detached by means of a ferrule, h,with which the said upright is provided at its upper end.

It will be understood that in carrying out my invention the whole fouruprights of the net-frame are to be provided with spring-fast

